Necropolis Preset Duel Heroes - Heroes of Might and Magic 5

Orson (Level 15)

Somewhat lacking in charisma and natural authority, Orson realized that he was ill-equpped to lead troops that were capable of independent thought. In order to avoid having his orders questioned or ignored, he has spent years perfecting the creation of obedient Zombie troops. "Anything above the neck is useless" claims this Undead general.

» Specialty

» Attributes

Zombie Lord: All Zombies and Plague Zombies in hero's army gain +1 to their attack and defense for every two levels of the hero, starting on first level.

» Skills

Mark of the Necromancer

Grants a Necromancer the ability to tie his or her own spirit to the spirits of any creatures on the battlefield until the end of combat. If linked creatures receive any damage the Necromancer will gain some mana, feeding upon those creatures' suffering.

Banshee Howl

Grants a hero an ability to call upon death itself in combat. All enemy living creatures receive -1 to morale, luck and -10% on initiative.

Advanced Necromancy

Unique Necromancer's skill. Allows a Necromancer to raise 30% of fallen enemy living creatures as own soldiers (A limited number of creatures can be raised per week). Increases the number of dark energy points.

Advanced Necromancy

Chilling Bones

Enhances all undead troops under Necromancer's control with powerful ice enchantments. Any enemy creature which engages in melee combat with those troops will receive ice damage.

Vitality

Increases hit points of all your creatures by 2 (Particularly effective for large armies)

Protection

Decreases damage dealt to your creatures by magic attacks by 15%.

Expert Defense

Decreases damage dealt to your creatures in melee combat by 30%.

Expert Defense

Basic Sorcery

Speeds up hero's casting in combat. Interval between two consecutive spell casts is reduced by 10%.

Basic Sorcery

Cold Steel

The hero enhances weapons of all troops in his or her army to strike with additional ice powers (Not only undead creatures receive these enchantments).

Battle Frenzy

Minimum and maximum damage inflicted by each creature under hero's control is increased by 1. Especially effective for armies of low level creatures.

Advanced Attack

Increases damage dealt by your creatures in melee combat by 10%.

Advanced Attack

Master of Curses

Grants mass effects to Weakness and Suffering spells, but doubles the casting cost of these spells. Hero wastes only half of his current initiative to cast these spells.

Advanced Dark Magic

Allows hero to learn Dark Magic spells of the fourth circle and makes Dark Magic even more effective.

Advanced Dark Magic

» Creatures

150 Plague Zombies	30 Archliches	200 Skeletons	15 Wraiths	70 Spectres	5 Spectral Dragons
150	30	200	15	70	5

» Artefacts

Ring of Vitality

Increases maximum hit points of all creatures in hero's army by +2.

Shield of Crystal Ice

Adds +2 to hero's defense and grants 50% protection from fire-based spells while equipped.

Cursed Ring

Decreases enemy luck by 2

» Spells

Slow 4 Makes target enemy stack take fewer actions in combat.	Weakness 4 Causes the selected enemy unit to inflict less damage in combat. Spellpower determines the duration of effect.	Vulnerability 5 Destroys armor of target enemy stack, reducing its defense. Can be cast several times on a single stack, but defense will not go lower than zero.	Decay 6 Inflicts plague on target enemy stack. The stack receives earth damage each time it takes an action. (The spell does not work on undead, elemental and mechanical units).	Confusion 9 Makes creatures in target enemy stack forget what they are doing on a battlefield. Some of the affected creatures will forget to use shooting attacks and retaliation strikes. (The spell does not work on undead, elemental and mechanical units.)	Suffering 5 Weakens the target enemy unit to decrease its Attack.	Frenzy 15 Drives target stack of creatures frenzy. Frenzied stack considers all other creatures and war machines its personal enemies and attacks the nearest one with redoubled rage.	Blindness 10 Blinds the selected enemy creature so that it cannot move, attack or use any abilities. Blindness disappears if blinded creature is attacked. Spellpower determines the duration of effect. (The spell does not work on undead, elemental and mechanical units.)
Eldritch Arrow 4 Shoots magic missile to deal non-physical damage to the selected enemy creature.	Ice Bolt 6 Deals ice damage to selected enemy unit.
Fire Trap 8 Puts randomly several magical explosive mines in a selected area of the battlefield. Mines are invisible to the enemy.	Fist of Wrath 5 Summons magical fist to deal non-elemental physical damage to target enemy creature. This spell ignores magic resistance and protection from magic.	Wasp Swarm 5 Summons a swarm of insects to inflict magical damage on the selected enemy creature. (The spell does not work on undead, elemental and mechanical units.)	Raise Dead 9 Reanimates creatures in target friendly stack. Undead creatures are brought back to "life", all other creatures are re-animated for the duration of the battle only. Every use of this spell decreases hit points of target stack by 20%.